Guitar shops worth the trip in Fort Wayne

Sweetwater is best known as one of the largest online musical-instrument retailers in the United States, but its Fort Wayne home campus on US Highway 30 keeps a large walk-in retail showroom where visitors can play electric and acoustic guitars, amplifiers, and effects in person. It earns a place here for that destination campus rather than the catalog — the same carve-out the guide makes for a landmark flagship of an otherwise-excluded retailer.

The shop buys, sells, and trades electric guitars, amps, and pedals under the tagline choose a guitar with a story, keeping an inventory that spans vintage to entry-level pieces. It also offers service and repair work ranging from basic restrings to full restorations.